Noakhali road crash kills mother, daughter

NOAKHALI, May 10 (UNB): A woman and her daughter were killed and another injured after a truck hit their CNG autorickshaw on the Begumganj-Lakshmipur regional highway in Noakhali on Friday night.

The deceased were identified as Jamina Sultana Inu, 20, wife of Abdur Rahman from Chandraganj in Laxmipur district, and their 2-year-old daughter Fatema Akhter.

Rahman, the husband of the deceased Fatema, the CNG driver who was injured in the accident, said he, along with his wife and daughter, was going to Chauhmuni Bazar in Noakhali. When he was crossing Amin Bazar, a speeding truck came from behind and hit his autorickshaw, leaving his wife and daughter seriously injured. Later, with the help of locals, they were rescued and taken to the 150-bed Begumganj Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared Inu and her daughter Fatema dead.